Name
Henry Thomas Greenwood
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
26/09/1917
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
G/17308
Royal Sussex Regiment
11th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Panel 86 to 88.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Watford Borough Roll of Honour, Watford Grammar School Memorial, Watford Grammar School Book of Remembrance, St James' Church Memorial, Watford Fields
Pre War
Son of Henry Thomas and Annie Elizabeth (nee BUNCE) GREENWOOD of Watford.
His parents married 1898 in the Watford district. Henry died 1940 in Shoreham-on-Sea, Sussex, aged 62, and was buried 20 July in Vicarage Road Cemetery, Watford; Annie died 1949 in Watford aged 68; and was buried 6 January, also in Vicarage Road Cemetery.
Henry was born 1898 in Watford, and baptised 16 March 1900 at St Matthew’s, Oxhey, Herts. He attended Watford Grammar School from September 1911 to July 1912.
On the 1901 Census, aged 2 he lived in Watford, with his parents and no siblings. On the 1911 Census, a newsboy aged 12, he still lived in Watford, with his parents and two siblings.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Watford; was entitled to the Victory and British War medals, and was killed in action near Ypres.
Additional Information
The published Watford Grammar School Book of Remembrance entry reads:
“GREENWOOD, HENRY THOMAS. School period: September, 1911, to July, 1912. Private, Royal Sussex Regiment. Killed in action near Ypres, 26th September, 1917.”
There is an article about and a Death announcement for Henry in the West Herts and Watford Observer dated 3 November 1917; plus In Memoriams in the issues dated 28 September 1918 and 27 September 1919.
Unfortunately, Henry’s Service Record appears to be one that did not survive the World War Two bombing.
Acknowledgments
Sue Carter (Research) and Watford Museum (ROH on line via www.ourwatfordhistory.org.uk)
